OK, i've caught up with all the posts. Thanks for the comparisons of
Summer Opal, Coupe d'Chic, and
Mystery Princess.
I tried to keep the number of items i purchased down. And I'm happy with the products i tried so far.
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Royal Ball Lipstick - just pink enough not to be nude, just nude enough not to be too pink, i really like it. (i don't have problems with Lustres)
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Mystery Princess Beauty Powder - so lovely! Not for all over the face, at least not my face, but i can use it from the cheeks up.
-- Silly me got both Eye Glosses - haven't tried them out yet, but i'm looking forward to playing with them.
...and that darn wrong lipglass,
Glass Slipper, which i didn't open, just pulled the whole tube part way out of the box enough to see it wasn't
Happily Ever After :-( (i phoned around and nobody local has
HEA)
I also got 3 things from Bao Bao Wan at the same time:
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Lavender Jade which is another disappointment - i haven't put it on yet, just looked at it in the tube, pinker than i'd hoped. I'll stick with my NYX macaron in
Lavender.
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Romantic Breakdown, which is nuder, warmer, and much less pink, as well as sheerer on me than
Royal Ball, so i'm happy to have both.
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Bao Bao's Jewels eyeshadow palette which is
I also picked up some items that were in my MAC on-line shopping cart, so i don't have to wait 8 to 10 days for them to get here.
It was a real trek for me - i left my house before 7 AM to take a bus to the BART to SF, which took over one hour. I have a herniated disc in my back, so standing outside leaning on my cane for 2 hours was a bit painful. If i'd realized
LJ would let me down, i'd have ordered the other two BBW items on-line, and just gone to my local MAC for Cinderella. Oh, well, it was an adventure and i had a nice time afterwards, having breakfast/lunch in Nordstrom (a crab salad with big chunks of fresh crab) and a great time with Gail, the nice Diptyque perfume lady, and i bought a perfume from her.